Solution: If this were a real page, the results would have been pretty much the same, no matter what or how much content was on it. A blank page! You might even get some JavaScript errors thrown in too. Errors like "object expected", for an object you know for sure exists.

The problem is that the <Script> element cannot be self closing. It's interpreted as having no closing tag, and so all of the content after the script element is inside the script element -- and therefore does not appear in the visible output. It also makes dom elements that you'd normally expect to be around non-existent, which can cause errors in any script that does happen to load. So you might get a JavaScript error, followed by the blank page.

Change your script tag like so, and problem solved:

<script type="text/javascript" src="somescript.js" ></script>

This appears to be an IE issue -- works fine in FF and may other browsers too!

Tip: Do not try to self-close all the tags. Some of them are supported while others are not. It’s always a good idea to have full closing tag wherever possible.

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